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Respond to the prompts after each scenario.  Scenario 1:  Justin is a front-office assistant at a local physician’s office. On a busy day at the office, Justin is consumed by patients and their needs. While helping a patient, Sarah, the other front-office assistant, calls Justin over to answer questions regarding the patient intake process. Justin explains the process to Sarah and then continues to work with the patient at his window. Later that day, Justin reflects on the situation and is frustrated that he had to stop working with his patient to explain a process to Sarah that he has already explained a dozen times. Justin takes to social media to express his frustrations with Sarah and her inability to take care of patients properly even though she has been trained.    Write a 175- to 260-word response to the following prompts:  Explain how Sarah might perceive Justin’s actions. Explain the ramifications of using social media as an outlet for voicing frustrations about a co-worker.   Provide an example of a more effective communication method to use in this situation.    Scenario 2:  Jana works in a long-term care facility that cares for all types of patients. She receives emails from multiple co-workers throughout the day, and today she receives the following email from Sean:  “Hi Jana,  I noticed that I DIDN’T receive your monthly report yesterday. I NEED to get it as soon as possible TODAY so that I can finish the final report.   Thanks, Sean”   Write a 175- to 260-word response to the following prompts:  Explain how Jana might perceive the tone of this email. Describe whether you perceive Sean’s tone to be appropriate or inappropriate. Provide an example of a more effective communication method to use in this situation.   Scenario 3:   Robert is an older patient checking in at the window of his local retail health clinic. The office assistant is taking Robert’s insurance card and asking a couple of follow-up questions. Robert asks the assistant to speak up because of some background noise. The assistant starts speaking slower and enunciates her words instead of speaking louder.   Write a 175- to 260-word response to the following prompts:   Explain how Robert might perceive the office assistant’s reaction. Explain the ramifications of communicating with patients in this manner. Provide an example of a more effective communication method to use in this situation.   Cite a minimum of one reference to support your assignment. Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.  Submit your assignment (the three responses) in one document.

The nursing process is a tool that puts knowledge into practice. By utilizing this systematic problem-solving method, nurses can determine the health care needs of an individual and provide personalized care. Write a paper (1,750-2,000 words) on cancer and approach to care based on the utilization of the nursing process. Include the following in your paper: Describe the diagnosis and staging of cancer. Describe at least three complications of cancer, the side effects of treatment, and methods to lessen physical and psychological effects. Discuss what factors contribute to the yearly incidence and mortality rates of various cancers in Americans. Explain how the American Cancer Society (ACS) might provide education and support. What ACS services would you recommend and why? Explain how the nursing process is utilized to provide safe and effective care for cancer patients across the life span. Your explanation should include each of the five phases and demonstrate the delivery of holistic and patient-focused care. Discuss how undergraduate education in liberal arts and science studies contributes to the foundation of nursing knowledge and prepares nurses to work with patients utilizing the nursing process. Consider mathematics, social and physical sciences, and science studies as an interdisciplinary research area. You are required to cite to a minimum of four sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.  This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.  You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.  Benchmark Information This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies: RN-BSN 2.1: Incorporate liberal arts and science studies into nursing knowledge. 3.1 Utilize the nursing process to provide safe and effective care for patients across the life span.

The Future of Healthcare Informatics Write an essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each number item. There should be three sections, one for each item number below, as well the introduction (heading is the title of the essay) and conclusion paragraphs. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) scholarly citations using APA citations in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment. Identify the current role of the informatics nurse and predict the future role of the informatics nurse, based on scholarly sources. Explain what is meant by connected health.  Provide three examples of connected health in today’s healthcare environment.  Explain the benefits and drawbacks of each. In what ways has informatics impacted public health – please provide at least three examples. Assignment Expectations- Length: 500 words per essay prompt/section (1500 total for this assignment) Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA style. These do not count towards the minimal word amount for this assignment. All APA Papers should include an introduction and conclusion.2 References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims. Rubric: This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level. Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) or a PDF document (.pdf) File name: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the module number (for example, “RHall Module 1.docx”)

Topic: Well Being of your Family   “Please provide peer reviewed journal references at least 2 for each question and also answer in APA format.”   a)     What is “family’s well-being?” –       Please provide a definition and explanation of what family well-being is with a literature reference.   b)    What is OR are the importance of a positive well-being of the family? –       List more than four positive reasons –       For each reason please provide examples –       Again, ensure there are peer reviewed journals to back up the answers and examples.   c)     What are the negative outcomes of a poor family’s well being? –       List more than four negative reasons –       For each reason please provide examples. –       Again, ensure there are peer reviewed journals to back up the answers and examples.   d)    What are the components of building your family’s well-being? –       Please provide a list of components and give examples of each component with peer reviewed literature.   e)    Any Ideas of how to engage children/teens/young adults in building a positive family well-being? –       Provide activities that families can do to engage in to help build better well-being. It could be communication driven acitivity through puzzles or cooking? It can also be conversational starting acitivity? Reference page is not part of the 3-4 page requirement.

I’ve written 1/2 my discussion section and need help writing it to max 1000 words or less. Therefore, I was hoping to get some additional help. I’ve writeten an outline and where more information can be written. I need to include 15 APA in-text citations for this section. I’m going to include a couple of annotated bibs BUT not all these anotated bibs are useful.Here is a general idea:DiscussionThe purpose of this section is to evaluate and interpret the results, especially with respect to the original research question. Start off with a brief, nontechnical summary of the results. In other words, tell the reader about the main findings without using statistical terminology. Then go on to discuss the implications of the results. It is also important to discuss how the results relate to the literature you cited in the introduction. In other words, emphasize any theoretical consequences of the results.You might (or might not) also mention any limitations of the study and any suggestions for future research in this section. Finally, you need an ending paragraph in which you make a final summary statement of the conclusions you have drawn. You are also encouraged, when appropriate, to comment on the importance and relevance of your findings. How are your findings related to the big picture? Thus, this section should contain an absolute minimum of three paragraphs: the non-technical summary, discussion of the results and their implications, and the concluding paragraph.Questions needing to be answered in teh discussion section1) On the basis of the literature and the behavioral study outcome as seen in Figure 3, please provide a rationale for deciding whether you injected apomorphine or d-amphetamine in this study.answer: the data is not suggestive that neither drug was injected due to the non-signifant data and unsuccessful surgery to damage the SNpc if we did we would have seen a contraversive for apmorepohine and ipsiversive for d-amphetamine… we are not sure which drug due to unsccuesful surgery2) Would apomorphine or d-amphetamine be the better drug to conduct a pre- and post-lesion behavioral assay? In other words, which one should be used to test behavior before a lesion is made and after a lesion is made?3) Why would you recommend waiting at least seven days after a 6-OHDA lesion is made to begin administering apomorphine and testing the rotational behavior?4) How would you account for the drug-induced rotation after apomorphine and after d-amphetamine treatment?5) How would you try to cure Parkinson’s disease using the concepts that you’ve learned from this laboratory exercise?

Please add 2 more research article summaries, your pick. They just need to be peer reviewed.  Limitations to the 4 articles ( My 2 and your 2) The Evidence based practice summary and the specific recommendations for clinical practice. I attached the directions as a PDF.  In Post Discharged Patients, How Does A Follow Up Phone Call Compared to Standard Discharge Instructions Affect Readmission? 1. Introduction to the Problem This literature review will focus on examining readmission rates of patients discharged from a hospital setting.  According to a statistic reported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), approximately 20% of all Medicare patients return to the hospital for readmission within 30 days of discharge (Polster, 2015). Events such as these do not only place strain on the hospital from increased costs, but are also associated with poor health outcomes for the patient. The Joint Commission suggests that healthcare professionals should use a “multifaceted approach” to prevent readmissions that includes the following: explanations of discharge instructions, self-care, and ongoing or emergency care; inventory of outpatient referrals and resources, medication reconciliation, and patient individualized instructions based on their level of education and understanding (Polster, 2015). While all of these tools are effective for helping prepare patients to transition their care into the home setting, this literature review will investigate on two specific tools: Standard discharge instructions given upon leaving the hospital and follow up phone calls completed by the patients healthcare team within 48 hours of discharge.  2. PICOT Question The PICOT Question: In the population of discharged patients (P), what is the effect of a follow-up phone call (I), compared with standard discharge instructions (C) on readmission rates following patient discharge?  3. Search Strategy A comprehensive search of the following databases was conducted: Cumulative Index of Nursing  and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), MEDLINE and the Nursing & Allied Health Database. In addition to this, Google Scholar was also utilized to search for recent, unpublished articles. The search was limited to English, full text, peer-reviewed articles published after 2013. Each article included in this review explored whether or not a follow up phone call post-discharge significantly affected readmission rates in patients who have had recent hospital stays. The 5 articles chosen were reviewed using Critical Appraisal Skills Program Qualitative Research Checklist and then were further thematically analyzed.  Keywords included: Readmission rates, Rehospitalization, Discharge education, Follow up calls, Continuance of care, Discharge information. The Search terms included were as follows: Readmission rates or rehospitalization Phone calls or telephone calls or follow up calls Discharge education This search criteria yielded a small number of results. 13 articles were returned by CINAHL Complete, 9 were returned by MEDLINE complete and 4 were returned the Nursing & Allied Health Database. In search of more options, the criteria was then changed to the following: 1. Readmission or rehospitalization 2. Phone calls or telephone calls or follow up calls 3. Discharge This search yielded 142 results, inclusion criteria and limits remained the same as the first search. Medline produced 64 articles, CINAHL produced 58 articles and the Nursing & Allied Health Database produced 20 articles. and With a larger pool of articles to chose from, specific writings could be chosen for the literature review. 4. Brief Summary of the Articles The first study chosen was a controlled and randomized clinical trial that explored the success of  a clinical program put in place to call patients within 7 days of patient discharge form an inpatient unit. In order to improve generalizability of the results, the population included in the clinical trial consisted of patients discharged form general medical floors, and did not include those discharged from subspecialties. The trial utilized both a control and experimental group. The participants in the control group did not receive a follow up call in comparison to the experimental group who were contacted within their first week home. The results of the study revealed that participants who were contacted via telephone for any follow-up needs demonstrated lower readmission rates for the next 30 days. Patients who were not called displayed not only higher rehospitilization rates, but also exhibited longer mean hospital stays as well (Yiadom et al,. 2017). 2. The second article chosen led with a purpose similar to the article discussed above. The study utilized a retrospective observational study design and catered to a sample size of 5,507 eligible participants. Participants either received or did not receive a phone call within 72 hours of discharge from the hospital setting. The results did show a correlation between lower readmission rates and patients who were called and able to be reached, however it is noted that both ethnicity, race and lower socioeconomic status all played a role in the differential impact of the follow up call when compared to white patients. This study suggests that existing call-back programs could be better improved by increasing their phone outreach while concurrently working to refine the care given to patients during the calls. (Harrison et al.,).  Limitations to this study include population -A brief summary of each of the articles and the Level of Evidence rating for each, including the evidence rating scale used (i.e. Level I, Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence Based Practice Scale) 5. Evidence Based Practice Summary  -In-depth discussion of major findings from the literature (EBP summary). This can be organized by article or major themes 6. Specific recommendations for clinical practice Findings Conclusion

Part 1 – 1400 words Discuss doing, being, belonging and becoming in relation to occupation, considering the impact of a change in life circumstances and influence on an individual’s identity, lifestyle, health and wellbeing. For this section you will consider what theory and literature tells you about: ·       1.The concept of humans as occupational beings ·       2. How occupations can influence identity, lifestyle, health and wellbeing ·       3. How life circumstances can positively and negatively impact an individual’s occupations ·       ·       4. To complete your assignment you are expected to use formal theory and published material (references) to support and justify your points in accordance to the Harvard Reference System. Books, journal articles and reliable UK websites

LEGAL ENFORCEMENT OF ETHICS IN HEALTH CARE: REGULATION OF ANTITRUST AND FRAUD In the Matter of South Georgia Health Partners, et al., FTC Docket No. C-4100 (2003) Complaint: https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/2003/11/sgeorgiacomp.pdf Decision and order: https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/2003/11/sgeorgiado.pdf After reviewing the complaint and decision and order for In the Matter of South Georgia Health Partners in the background materials, address the following: Explain the arrangement in this case. Explain the decision of the FTC. What kind of actions could be taken to restructure this arrangement to avoid a determination that it is per se illegal? Discuss the alternate FTC analysis that is applied to such cases if they are suspect but not found to be per se illegal. Assignment Expectations Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to justify/support your analysis. Limit your response to a maximum of 2 pages (title and reference page is not included in page number count). Support your paper with peer-reviewed articles, with at least 3 references. Use the following link for additional information on how to recognize peer-reviewed journals: Angelo State University Library. (n.d.). Library guides: How to recognize peer-reviewed (refereed) journals. Retrieved from https://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php You may use the following source to assist in formatting your assignment: Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). General APA guidelines. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ For additional information on reliability of sources, review the following source: Georgetown University Library. (n.d.). Evaluating internet resources. Retrieved from https://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-content

Mrs. Casey was expecting her second child. Because she had atypical postpartum eclampsia during her first pregnancy, she chose to be cared for by a group of obstetricians who specialized in complicated obstetrical care. She delivered a healthy daughter during the 9th month of her pregnancy.   Mrs. Casey was expecting her second child. Because she had atypical postpartum eclampsia during her first pregnancy, she chose to be cared for by a group of obstetricians who specialized in complicated obstetrical care. She delivered a healthy daughter during the 9th month of her pregnancy. Shortly after delivery, she reported swelling in her hands and face, headaches, and visual change she associated with the postpartum symptoms she had experienced following the birth of her child 2 years earlier. One of the physicians authorized her to stay an additional day in the acute care setting for further evaluation, but she was dismissed when the hospital nursing staff said her insurance would not approve the additional hospital day. Three days later she presented to the emergency center with high blood pressure, severe headaches, and 4+ swelling in both of her lower extremities. She was admitted to the intensive care unit for treatment and was released 3 weeks after this second admission. She later filed a lawsuit for the early dismissal and the subsequent readmission. At trial level, the plaintiff’s attorney argued that the case had been timely filed, as the patient filed this lawsuit within 2 years after she was discharged from the intensive care unit stay. The defendants’ attorney countered that she had not timely filed the lawsuit, as it was filed more than 2 years after the initial discharge following the birth of her daughter. (Guido, p. 50) Questions: 1. How does the statute of limitations affect this case? 2. Is there evidence to support the claim that the statute of limitations barred Mrs. Casey’s case of action? 3. Is there evidence to support the plaintiff’s claim that the statute of limitations should not bar this action? 4. How would you decide this case? Use references from scholarly literature to support all postings. APA format required.

Identify disparities in health among populations for a Healthy People 2020 health issue. For this assignment: Describe the chosen Healthy People 2020 topic area and specific health issue. Contrast causes of disparities related to this health issue within populations. Propose a public health communication strategy to reduce disparity and promote health. Outline a plan for the communication. Describe an evaluation plan for the communication. Create targeted communication for each population. Reflect on learning through this project.   Submission Instructions: The paper is to be formatted per current APA, be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling. The paper is to be 5 – 7 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page. Incorporate a minimum of 3 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work. Journal articles and books should be referenced according to current APA style